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Mexico's president will accept millions of deportations from Trump, (Original Post) Unladen Swallow Jan 4 OP
Here's the AP article: Dennis Donovan Jan 4 #1
I have this eerie feeling that's where I'll end up... Hugin Jan 4 #4
They were already "taking'" them back in 2022-3 Rstrstx Jan 4 #27
Not having inside knowledge but only a gut instinct of cloak and dagger, I'd say that somebody got to her. Firestorm49 Jan 4 #2
Makes Rebl2 Jan 4 #5
There were always going to take Mexican deportees. LisaL Jan 4 #7
Mexico is having some tough economic times right now. LeftInTX Jan 4 #17
Yea DeepWinter Jan 4 #18
Just a guess... FalloutShelter Jan 4 #8
She never said they wouldn't accept Mexican citizens. LisaL Jan 4 #9
No ones getting exterminated. Hyprebole. DeepWinter Jan 4 #19
We'll see. FalloutShelter Jan 4 #20
Thanks for calling out tedious comments like this one. AlanAdam Jan 4 #26
Building an army, perhaps. werdna Jan 4 #3
Damn, the fields and orchards are going to be empty this summer. Is it gonna be all pick your own? Walleye Jan 4 #6
And the grapes Sequoia Jan 4 #25
So how much did the Conman offer Mexico of our tax dollars Emile Jan 4 #10
Mexico will make America pay for it dalton99a Jan 4 #11
Look towards the money.... Lovie777 Jan 4 #12
Post removed Post removed Jan 4 #13
Maybe they eat pizza with a spoon? Emile Jan 4 #15
The Grand Wizard is just shuffling the chairs on the Titanic. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 4 #14
Mexico's birthrate has dropped below replacement levels, just like the rest of the planet NickB79 Jan 4 #16
I'm not a demographer, but I would think that a declining population Aristus Jan 4 #21
Generally it's the opposite EX500rider Jan 4 #24
Declining birth rate also means less accumulation in economy uponit7771 Jan 4 #29
Let's send Mexico our most skilled workers. Oneironaut Jan 4 #22
Media fucking BULLSHIT again maxrandb Jan 4 #23
wow Unladen Swallow Jan 4 #28
The US M$M capitulation is getting worse uponit7771 Jan 4 #30

Dennis Donovan

(29,932 posts)
1. Here's the AP article:
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 11:29 AM
Jan 4
Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump

Updated 4:41 PM EST, January 3, 2025

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing that in cases where the U.S. would not return migrants to their countries “we can collaborate through different mechanisms.” She did not offer details, but Mexico could limit it to certain nationalities or request compensation from the U.S. to move the deportees from Mexico to their home countries.

“There will be time to speak with the United States government if these deportations really happen, but we will receive them here, we are going to receive them properly and we have a plan,” she said. Sheinbaum had prefaced her comments by saying Mexico is not in favor of them.

Trump has promised to begin massive deportations. Critics have observed that there will be logistical challenges to significantly ramping up from the already high deportation numbers.

/snip

Hugin

(35,959 posts)
4. I have this eerie feeling that's where I'll end up...
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 11:47 AM
Jan 4

I won’t go into details, but given the forced contrived spaghetti logic of the Racist-in-Chief. It’s a non-zero probability.

Fingers crossed.

I fully expect to see Mittens and maybe Cancun Rafael there as well.

Rstrstx

(1,591 posts)
27. They were already "taking'" them back in 2022-3
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 05:35 PM
Jan 4

Venezuelans would get deported from the US to Mexico, usually Chiapas, and they were then given 24 hours to get out of the country (Guatemala is a short distance away). A lot of them would stay in Mexico working illegally and bribing immigration authorities until they could cross again, while others are still there working illegally.

My guess is this is some sort of negotiating tactic wrt Trump’s upcoming tariff proposals.

Firestorm49

(4,332 posts)
2. Not having inside knowledge but only a gut instinct of cloak and dagger, I'd say that somebody got to her.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jan 4

Rebl2

(15,994 posts)
5. Makes
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jan 4

you wonder since she said recently they would not take any immigrants. Something must have been promised to her? I would not rely on promises made by trump or any of his people. Also could be she was threatened.

LisaL

(47,157 posts)
7. There were always going to take Mexican deportees.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jan 4

Sounds like she wants a payment for non-Mexican deportees.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
17. Mexico is having some tough economic times right now.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:45 PM
Jan 4

She is close with her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. I remember AMLO's love-hate relationship with Trump.

 

DeepWinter

(931 posts)
18. Yea
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:51 PM
Jan 4

Sounds like she's open to taking all the Central American deportees for cold hard $$$.

Money makes the world go round. Truely.

FalloutShelter

(13,204 posts)
8. Just a guess...
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:08 PM
Jan 4

perhaps she does not want to see her people exterminated in camps.
If this is going to happen, repatriation is by far the better option.

Walleye

(39,214 posts)
6. Damn, the fields and orchards are going to be empty this summer. Is it gonna be all pick your own?
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jan 4

And who are they going to get to catch and slaughter the chickens. Do these maga people know that this is gonna cause their chicken wings and guacamole to get expensive, quite a bit, if they can get it at all.

Sequoia

(12,631 posts)
25. And the grapes
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:36 PM
Jan 4

Surrounded by vineyards with many workers. Wine country will certainly be affected.

dalton99a

(87,701 posts)
11. Mexico will make America pay for it
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:17 PM
Jan 4
Experts estimate that Mexico will need to invest millions of dollars to provide care, food, housing and transportation for deported migrants, as well as for those arriving from other countries.

Banxico, Mexico's National Bank, reported that migrants in the U.S. sent $63.3 billion to Mexico in 2023. From January to October of this year alone, the amount has already reached nearly $55 billion.

https://www.newsweek.com/mass-deportations-wreck-mexico-economy-2009342

Response to Unladen Swallow (Original post)

NickB79

(19,844 posts)
16. Mexico's birthrate has dropped below replacement levels, just like the rest of the planet
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:43 PM
Jan 4
https://mexicobusiness.news/health/news/birth-rate-mexico-declines-mirroring-global-phenomenon

The nations that will succeed in the 21st century are the ones that either have a healthy population with a strong, young workforce, or ones that turn heavily to automation.

At the same time, China has been courting Mexico heavily as a nation to build new factories in, and new factories require millions of new factory workers.

Accepting millions of new immigrants positions Mexico to become an industrial powerhouse in the subsequent decades, as China and India both see their workforces age and decline.

The US, on the other hand, will be hard-pressed to maintain economic growth with a shrinking population. Our birth rate has been below replacement levels for some time now, and only the effects of immigration have powered our economy these last 20 yr.

Aristus

(69,514 posts)
21. I'm not a demographer, but I would think that a declining population
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:05 PM
Jan 4

would mean less strain on the national resources, not to mention the higher wages that come with a labor deficit.

Do you think these things could mitigate the pitfalls of a declining population?

EX500rider

(11,771 posts)
24. Generally it's the opposite
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:24 PM
Jan 4

Declining birth rate means more seniors to care for with less workers as a tax base and falling production due to smaller labor pool.

Oneironaut

(5,942 posts)
22. Let's send Mexico our most skilled workers.
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:09 PM
Jan 4

Technology, farming, administrative, military, etc. Let’s round up all the immigrants with skills that help this country and instead send them to a different country! It’ll work out great!

maxrandb

(16,441 posts)
23. Media fucking BULLSHIT again
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 02:19 PM
Jan 4

That FUCKING "headline" is about as factual as Donnie Dipshit "winning in a landslide".

This type of horseshit is NOT an accident.

This FUCKING BULLSHIT will have a zillion FUCKING "twits" on that Nazi social media site, before one FUCKING person points out that's NOT what the President of Mexico actually said.

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